Nervenkrieg
German, noun[ˈnɛʁfənˌkʁiːk]
Nervenkrieg is spelled N-E-R-V-E-N-K-R-I-E-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nervenkrieg is a German masculine noun meaning “war of nerves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Auseinandersetzung, in der der Gegner unter massiven psychischen Druck gesetzt wird”.
What does Nervenkrieg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewar of nerves
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Auseinandersetzung, in der der Gegner unter massiven psychischen Druck gesetzt wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Nervenkrieg
- Nervenkrieges genitive
- Nervenkriegs genitive
- Nervenkriege plural
- Nervenkriegen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nervenkrieg?
- [ˈnɛʁfənˌkʁiːk]
- [ˈnɛʁfn̩ˌkʁiːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nervenkrieg in German?
Nervenkrieg appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).